AASP - Unwed Births Internationally

Unwed Births Internationally

This page contains information concerning international birth rates to unmarried parents and international public opinion on child birth by unmarried parents. New information on these subjects will be added as it becomes available.

Births Out of Wedlock

Country	Births out of wedlock as % of all births
Austria	29
Belgium	15
Britain	37
Denmark	46
Finland	37
France	39
Germany	18
Greece	3
Iceland*	65
Ireland	27
Italy	8
Netherlands	19
Norway*	49
Portugal	20
Spain	11
Sweden	54
Switzerland*	8
European Union	24
United States	32

* Not a EU member

Source: Eurostat yearbook, 1999 - released 10-14-99, publication no. 105/99

International Views on Unmarried Births

"Do you think it is, or is not, morally wrong for a couple to have a baby if they are not married?"

Country	Wrong	Not Wrong
India	84%	14%
Singapore	69%	11%
Taiwan	55%	26%
United States	47%	50%
Guatemala	38%	56%
Thailand	37%	57%
Mexico	31%	67%
Canada	25%	72%
Great Britain	25%	73%
Spain	21%	73%
Lithuania	16%	75%
Hungary	16%	81%
Colombia	10%	87%
Germany	9%	90%
France	8%	91%
Iceland	3%	95%

Note: "No opinion" omitted.

Source: International Gallup Poll conducted in 1997.